Jawbreaker - Live 1994 (FULL SET)

Location Unknown! From a VHS tape of live sets i purchased and decided to digitize for posterity. I did not shoot this, i dont know the lineage of the tape, dont own the rights to the music (obviously) - just posting it to get it out there!
**Label on VHS says "'Fine Day' is fucked but the rest is fine"

[@123djpma]

How can the sound quality be so bad...yet so good? The energy is raw and pure and original.

[@ianchurchkey]

It was Saturday May 29th in West Hartford Connecticut at the American Legion Hall. Garden Variety and Wish were on the bill. It was an afternoon show. There were maybe 50 people there from what I recall.

[@rodstewart74]

Thanks for letting us know

[@bladeeshotgf5500]

I wasn’t even born and I’m so envious!!!!

[@brianjones2583]

Damn that’s wild

[@jmack138]

Was there with Wish and have a bunch of pics from the show

[@Knick42]

Amen. One of the best memories of my life.

[@retisonic]

This is Joe from Garden Variety...I filmed this after we finished playing. Tes, that is Roman from GV at the beginning.

[@jert5381]

Your band is fucking great!

[@AnthonyManaro]

Cool to see this comment. Love Garden Variety!

[@dancoesmusic]

Garden Variety was a great band too!

[@homunculusSZN]

Love your guys’ cover of Clean Sheets!

[@Reomaaa]

love your band thanks for Rode For Justin keeps me sane

[@edietel6178]

1:04 Do You Still Hate Me?
4:54 Ashtray Monument
8:50 Chesterfield King
13:30 The Boat Dreams From The Hill
16:31 Boxcar
18:26 Donatello
21:26 Parabola
26:20 Indictment
29:03 Fine Day (partial)

[@creamcannon825]

Such an awesome setlist

[@aberuthless]

Someone says, "Shut up Jack Kerouac" lol

[@leahflower9924]

i never really thought of jawbreaker as the perfect wedding band 😄

[@Plotte]

@@aberuthless jealous 😉 true emo before it was even a thing

[@ScientificallyStupid]

found myself grinning like crazy and singing along in my living room; thank you for this.

[@stephenroche5107]

Are you feeling alright ?

[@jxcobaniki6709]

@@stephenroche5107 he may not be alright, but I’m sure he’s where he needs to be.

[@mickthechild]

@@jxcobaniki6709 you are absolutely correct

[@danielpuleio6438]

Holy shit best punk band to ever exist!

[@kevindonovan5670]

You’re not punk and I’m telling everyone 🙂

[@anomolydebaucle5320]

Are you sure?

[@billclinton3010]

@@anomolydebaucle5320yes. Yes we are sure

[@andrewlewis8223]

This rules, thanks for uploading this. Only discovering Jawbreaker recently, it's really cool to see stuff like this out there

[@jonathanculp6451]

Pure gold. Thanks so much for digitizing this! I'm amazed how good the sound quality is. Brings back lots of memories.

[@JV-sr5wb]

absolutely

[@helloitsme1836]

I miss these times....

[@Defundemorats]

Thank you Joe ,you do not know how much I appreciate this jam, and, it being recorded for many more people to see

[@bladeeshotgf5500]

I miss these days so much :(

[@jman9082]

reading through Dan Ozzi’s book “Sellout” and man the Jawbreaker chapter is just crushing

[@ratcatbaseballbat]

elaborate?

[@cashlayton1313]

@@ratcatbaseballbatpeople got really pissed at them for signing to the major label Geffen records. The label also didn’t do much to promote their album “Dear You” when it came out, and in addition to that they were catching tons of flack from their punk fanbase for even releasing an album on a major label. The band decided to call it quits not even a year into the album’s tour cycle due to personal tensions rising between the members, and the album’s commercial failure and constant criticism from their fanbase for signing to a major label didn’t help things. Thankfully we have them back though.

[@ratcatbaseballbat]

@@cashlayton1313 gotcha, thanks buddy.

[@dennisstafford108]

@@cashlayton1313 and it turned it Dear You is an amazing and important album

[@HermanWaldorf]

They were at the top of their form those days. Thanks for sharing

[@jeffroward]

This just made the last 31:46 of my life like stepping into a time machine to a better world. Still perfect in every way.

[@dennisstafford108]

What an amazing set! Blake killing it.

[@jasonwillis107]

Either this is super early in1994 or the tape might be labeled wrong and it's 1993 on the When it Pains It Roars 93 tour. I saw them on this tour and I have photos of the show and Blake has the same hat on. I believe the did Europe after that tour then 95 was the Dear You tour.. It's really good. Thanks for sharing this.

[@sparklingwatercomrade578]

Jason Willis I think Blake had surgery IN Enrope and in the video he brings up the surgery he had on his throat. Unless he had multiple

[@cybergimp]

99.9999999999% sure thats a Peterbilt hat, when trucker hats were still trucker hats.

[@scotttarasco2503]

Yes, Jason is right. This show was in 1993. I still have the flyer for it.

[@versus_bugs]

yep, you're right, it's 1993. In 1994, May 29th landed on a sunday.

[@leamanc]

I think the confusion comes from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy coming out in 1994, and this set being full of songs from that LP. But of course, you are correct, this is May 1993.

[@wide_awake]

This is incredible

[@frankpaulin5211]

so many memories this is amazing

[@truthonly7699]

rough on that throat brotha, much love

[@peterfelts]

Thanks for posting this. Bringin' back the good memories. :)

[@Todd-rm3fh]

The best.

[@sandingchrome]

YES!!! Finally, footage of Fine Day.

[@microaggressionsurvivor2937]

wow. what a find

[@SK-le1gm]

“So crazy it just might work... then we’ll quit our jobs” 🤣

[@LostInWax222]

Excellent footage

[@prn718]

It’s like watching a dream

[@JCMadcap]

Bless you for posting this. Thank you

[@QKPMEDIA]

This video makes me wanna be a punk rocker.

[@tunelowplayslow5623]

Lucky enough to catch jawbreaker twice. Most recently opening for AFI at the Kia Forum. They were incredible.

[@hibiki88]

that was a great set

[@davidcarpenter6474]

Thanks for digitizing this and sharing. Great footage.

[@JasonAkrami1]

Raw Rock n’ Roll 🎸🥁 🎶

[@Mich43lJH]

thank you!

[@ryanorr5755]

great sound

[@pantsnjacket381]

Love this shit.

[@osoloco3651]

wow, thanks for this

[@kevinnoonan5095]

West Hartford Connecticut. Prom night 1993.

[@jonathancoleman7028]

Thanks Steve

[@silencescreams4680]

Forest Gump is great at guitar

[@blonkeddleharvey2308]

So I'm not the only one who's always seen a bit of a resemblance between Blake and Tom Hanks.

[@zacharyshtogren7499]

Would love to hear Indictment again.

[@IAMMERRICK]

I’d give anything to be at that show

[@solargh]

The original intro to Boat Dreams, before they re-recorded it prior to the release of 24 Hour ❤️

[@jbee5382]

Sesnative about this monitor thing

[@mintsaucemilitia]

"I'll fucking destroy myself. It doesn't matter really". 🖤🌿

[@dlm425]

indie alternative meets punk rock, It doesn't getter any better then this,

[@drewkatchen805]

Dude from Garden Variety at the absolute beginning of this recording?

[@MrChrisclayton]

Good eye!

[@retisonic]

Yes and that’s because joe from GV actually recorded this show 😙

[@ryanscofield1]

I live in west Hartford now. We could use a jawbreaker show.

[@ShelbyRobertson22]

Rad!

[@RRFTB]

🖤🏆🖤

[@shawndillard7138]

❤️

[@sneakyflutes]

That long break in the middle of Parabola where that chick says "Coooooool..." is fire

[@200131356]

The year I was introduced to power rangers 🥹

[@zekeanderson5684]

Great crowd

[@SLPJoe]

My favorite song to listen to from this set is Donatello. What's yours?

[@bettyhill6475]

Joe Verstynen probably indictment

[@MikeBoruta]

Chesterfield King!

[@lolac4295]

either donatello as well, or fine day honestly

[@danielpuleio6438]

Do You Still Hate Me?

[@zacharymontoto9646]

Ashtray monument

[@SLPJoe]

Blistering set.

[@ScottTrippBalloons]

25:03- “You’ll have to whip out your new $60 iPhone.”
Time travelers are getting sloppy…

[@ninorszag]

Lol. Funny catch.

[@jbee5382]

Dammmn...they talkin mad shit to his poetic ass

[@denisesnoddy3903]

So much yes 👍!!!!! Your invitation is open to my place anytime

[@harryworth4824]

Rebuild the Satyricon

[@ahuraart6351]

true emo

[@maxamillion6958]

Do you still hate me?

[@josephmercado9435]

praise be to Allah

[@anomolydebaucle5320]

You work too hard. Get somebody to sing or play guitsr for you. No double duties, thats hard.

[@scott1853]

They were babies!